On 11 Apr 1942, the Scania picked up 27 survivors from the Norwegian motor merchant Balkis (2161 grt), which had been sunk by the Italian submarine Pietro Calvi (Olivieri) about 60 miles off the coast of Brazil north of Fortaleza in the morning of that day and landed them in Fortaleza on 12 April.

Notes on event

At 15.48 hours on 13 Dec 1942 the Scania was stopped by U-176, searched by a boarding party and at 18.05 hours sunk by six scuttling charges in accordance with the prize rules after the crew had abandoned ship. The survivors were picked up after 60 hours by the Swedish motor merchant Nordstjernan.